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BHRC and the Bar Council Joint Statement on the Arrest of Lawyers in Iran

October 28, 2022

Image Credit: Natanael Ginting / Shutterstock The Bar Council of England and Wales and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) join the international legal community’s call on the Iranian Government to end the arrest, detention, and intimidation of lawyers in Iran. These attacks represent a grave threat to the rule...

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IRAN: Joint statement of solidarity with imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

December 4, 2020

We, the undersigned 26 Bar Associations, Law Societies, and organisations supporting the legal profession of over 14 countries, stand in solidarity with our Iranian colleague Nasrin Sotoudeh and other lawyers in Iran who are being persecuted by their Government for carrying out their profession diligently and in accordance with the law. On 13 June...

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Iran: Letter to Supreme Leader raising concerns for human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

September 29, 2020

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) has written to Ayatollah Khameini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, to raise concerns in respect of the case of the human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, whose health seriously deteriorated following a prolonged hunger strike. In 2019 she was sentenced to a total of 38 years’...

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UK barristers urge Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt to call on Iran to immediately release human rights lawyer

March 21, 2019

The Bar Council and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales have sent a public letter to the UK Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt urging him to take action in support of Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh. Sotoudeh was sentenced to 38 years imprisonment and 148 lashes for undertaking her professional obligations to her clients...

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“Free the lawyers” BHRC and Bar Council sends letter to Iran

January 31, 2018

BHRC and the Bar Council sent a letter to Ayatollah Khamenei calling for the release of lawyers and other persons arrested for their work defending others’ rights. The letter raised particular concern for Abdolfattah Soltani and Narges Mohammadi who have spent their legal careers advocating for the rule of law in Iran. Abdolfattah Soltani, the lawyer and co-founder with...

Events

Unfulfilled Promises: Iran’s failure to act after its 2010 Universal Periodic Review

March 2, 2015

On Monday 2nd March the Bar Human Rights Committee and the UK Bahá’í Community held a joint seminar to examine Iran’s failure to act in response to its 2010 Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Speakers Payam Akhavan, Professor of International Law, and Iranian human rights lawyer, Shadi Sadr, explored the challenges for the Government of Iran...

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BHRC statement. Sixth anniversary of the arrest of Baha’i leaders in Iran.

May 16, 2014

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) releases today, 16th May 2014, a statement on the sixth anniversary of the arrest of Baha’i leaders in Iran. As noted in the statement, ‘the BHRC is concerned that the charges are political and that the subsequent trial faced by the seven did not...

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Statement: Iranian Draft Charter of Citizens’ Rights

March 7, 2014

The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) urges the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Hassan Rouhani, to ensure that the new Iranian Charter for Citizens’ Rights (‘the Charter’) unambiguously guarantees access to fundamental rights to all living within the country and acts as a roadmap for legal reform with human rights at its...

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BHRC strongly condemns the killing of Iranian refugees in Camp Ashraf

September 3, 2013

The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) releases today a statement strongly condemning the killing of Iranian refugees in Camp Ashraf by the Iraqi army on Sunday, 1 September 2013. See the statement here.